Safe Kids group fits, gives helmets at local schools
The Safe Kids California San Benito Partners have been conducting helmet fittings and giveaways at local schools.
Cerra Vista students to see stars with NASA visit
Students at Cerra Vista Elementary School might be seeing stars of a good kind this week.
Records: No skating tickets since 2011 at veterans building
Despite pleas from veterans groups in recent years, Hollister police haven’t issued any citations for illegal skateboarding at the Veterans Memorial Building since 2011, according to data from the department.
Private wells left unwatched in drought cutback
Aromas residents Andy and Mary Hsia-Coron let a two-acre pond dry, stopped washing the car and changed to watering just plants that grow things they can eat.
Haru Matsuri festival celebrates Japanese heritage
During a warmer than usual Sunday in November 1959, members of the Japanese community in Morgan Hill gathered in a garage to share steaming bowls of white rice, renew friendships and celebrate their proud heritage in the first of many events that led to the founding of the annual Haru Matsuri festival.
Mayor admits lacking clarity on new fire fees
Mayor Ignacio Velazquez acknowledged that the city should have provided more clarity on new fees charged for fire department responses before the council’s approval Monday.
San Juan officials aim to mute bikers
San Juan Bautista officials for months have fielded citizen complaints—largely about noise, parking and speeding—regarding the Mission City’s signature streams of bikers flooding Third Street bars Friday afternoons through Sundays.
Students remove trash from riverbed before Earth Day
Parents, teachers and students joined together to remove 1,000 pounds of trash—including a deer jawbone and a cell phone—from a riverbed Saturday in celebration of Earth Day.
Cal-SOAP to host celebration for scholarship recipients
South County Cal-SOAP is hosting an end-of-the-year celebration to honor the group’s scholarship recipients.
